As he addressed workers at a conference for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a big labor group that has endorsed his reelection bid, the president worked to contrast his upbringing from that of his predecessor.
“Some folks learn very different lessons growing up than you and I did,” the president said. “They learn, and my opponent learned, the best way to get rich is inherit it. I can’t argue much with them but, eh—”
“They learn that paying taxes is for working people, not the super wealthy. They learn that telling people you’re fired is something to be laughed about. Not where I come from. Not where I was raised,” Biden said, raising his voice at the podium.
He took more jabs at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., to compare it to his own hometown of Scranton, Pa. The president traveled there earlier this week to campaign, during which he argued that Republicans want to raise taxes for working-class Americans.
Biden has worked to rebuild the coalition that brought him to the White House in 2020, with an eye on union workers. In 2016, union households had started to shift from blue to red, leading to Trump’s victory in states like Michigan, which Biden then won in 2020.
The president often says he’s the most pro-union president in history, and he made history last year when he joined a picket line to strike with autoworkers.
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